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United States and Mexico

A Salvadoran father carries his son tries as he tries to board a train with another immigrant and head to the Mexican-U.S. border, in Huehuetoca, near Mexico City.

MacArthur grant winner studies the things left behind at the US-Mexico border

Arts

The objects left behind in the desert — bloody socks, diaper bags and water bottles — give Americans a deeper understanding of who immigrants are.

Women at protest

Coming to America: A mistake? Many parents of DACA recipients are wondering.

Conflict
Interstate highway 45 is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey.

Mexican officials ignore Trump’s disparaging tweets and reach out a hand to Texas

Global Politics
Night scene on street with law enforcement vehicles stopped, arresting man

Immigrants brought illegally to the US as kids have new reason to fear the worst under Trump

Global Politics
immigration rally

‘Mexican’ isn’t a dirty word, and neither is ‘Muslim’

Global Politics
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Prairie dogs

How the prairie dog could help restore the ancient grasslands of Mexico and the American West

Environment

Black-tailed prairie dogs once numbered in the billions across the grasslands of the Western US and Mexico, but ranchers essentially exterminated the rodent to make way for livestock. Now conservationists are working to revive the once-thriving prairie dog community and the Mexican prairie along with them.

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